Words from the Front

Last week, I received two e-mails from my good friend and former journalism colleague Brian Hartman, who has apparently been covering the war in Iraq for ABC News, where he has worked for several years.
The honesty, obscenity, insanity, fear and absurdity of war and preparing to cover it are remarkably illustrated by Hartman, who as well as being a former reporter and editor for Bee Newspapers may be remembered by some readers for his time at WBNY 91.3 FM and the United Students Government at Buffalo State College. I will try to contact Hartman to see if I can publish his e-mails here, but I have a feeling he is rather busy at the moment.